Ligue 1 accumulator

About league

Ligue 1 is the top division of French football in which the 20 best teams in the country compete to be crowned national champions. According to UEFA rankings it is the fifth best league in Europe. That is reflected in the fact that, unlike the Premier League for example, only the top two teams in Ligue 1 get a guaranteed place in the Champions League. The team that finishes third have to make it through the playoff stage of qualifying while the fourth placed team are entered into the third round of Europa League qualification.

Ligue 1 winner odds

In the past few years, Ligue 1 winner odds have been dominated by one team, Paris Saint-Germain. Ever since receiving a great deal of financial backing from their new owners, PSG have been the team to beat in France. As yet nobody’s been able to top them. That’s not to say that PSG are the only quality outfit in France. Lyon, Monaco and Montpellier have all pushed them in recent years but there is no sign of the gap closing just yet. Ligue 1 winner odds are not going to be incredibly competitive for a while but thankfully there are a number of other options.

Ligue 1 best bookies

For a start, you can place outright bets on which teams are going to be relegated. There is always a good fight to avoid being in the bottom three places and dropping down to Ligue 2 after the 38 game season ends. The best bookies all offer Ligue 1 odds for each individual matches, many of which are managed in-play. When you consider that just 10 points separated the teams in 2nd to 6th place in the 2015/16 season, you’ll understand why Ligue 1 betting odds for matches involving the teams towards the top of the table tend to be close.

Ligue 1 has never been considered the best division in the world but there is an amazing number of talented young players plying their trade in France’s top flight. If you know what you are betting on, French Ligue 1 odds can offer you a very good route to profit.

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